Onboard Isolation – Quarantining on a military ship
U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j. g. Michael Marriott and Portuguese navy Lt. Miguel Dias Pinheiro use their scheduled exercise time in the Coast Guard Cutter Stone gym on Dec. 18, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower)
by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower
How does one prepare for three-months at sea? These days, with two weeks in limited contact.
Very few events in recent...
Eleventh Coast Guard National Security Cutter Named for Elizebeth Smith Friedman
Elizebeth Smith Friedman
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard has announced that it is naming the 11th Legend-Class National Security Cutter (NSC) in honor of Elizebeth Smith Friedman.
Friedman was a pioneering code-breaker for the Coast Guard during the Prohibition Era and World War II, serving within the Coast Guard Cryptanalytic Unit-387. She has been dubbed “America’s first female cryptanalyst”...
New Coast Guard Cutter To Be Named After MCPO-CG Charles L. Calhoun
Washington, DC – The Coast Guard has announced that the 10th Legend-Class National Security Cutter (NSC) will be named for the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Master Chief Charles Luther Calhoun.
Master Chief Calhoun volunteered for service with the U.S. Navy in 1943. Aboard the escort carrier USS LUNGA POINT, he experienced firsthand the toughest battles fought in the Pacific...
Pre-commissioned Cutter Midgett seizes more than 2,100 pounds of cocaine
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) crew members seized more than 2,100 pounds of cocaine July 26, 2019, from a low-profile go-fast vessel interdicted in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The crew of the pre-commissioned Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) seized more than 2,100 pounds of cocaine worth approximately $64 million...
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton visits Fiji
Josaia Maiwai (right), a Fijian fisheries officer, shakes hands with Capt. Bob Little, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, June 20, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jasmine Mieszala
LAUTOKA, Fiji — Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) moored last week in Lautoka, marking the cutter’s first international port call of their Western...
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf holds change of command
Capt. Brian R. Anderson relieves Capt. John J. Driscoll as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf
HONOLULU — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf hosted a change-of-command ceremony Tuesday in Honolulu following a months-long deployment to the Western Pacific.
Capt. Brian R. Anderson relieved Capt. John J. Driscoll as commanding officer during the ceremony, which was presided over...
Coast Guard announces homeport of newest National Security Cutter
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard today announced that Charleston, South Carolina will be the home of the Service’s newest National Security Cutter.
“I am pleased to announce that Charleston, South Carolina will be the home of the Coast Guard’s 11th National Security Cutter,” said Admiral Karl L. Schultz, Commandant of the Coast Guard. Construction on the 11th National Security Cutter...
Vigilance on the high seas
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) prepare to conduct a law enforcement boarding from the cutter’s 35-foot Cutter Boat in the Central Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West)
Oceania represents a geographic region many people are unfamiliar with, comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the eastern and western...
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton records first marijuana interdiction
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton crew members on load bales of marijuana for storage within the ship March 22, 2019, in the Carribean Sea. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton)
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton crew conducted its first-ever stop, interdiction, and seizure of a vessel trafficking marijuana March 22, while on patrol in the central Caribbean Sea.
The...
